New York Times Nelson Mandela - DO NOT USE - Hardcover

"Keller's personal experience ...with Mandela imbues his often graceful prose with immediacy and offers insight." Publishers Weekly 12/24/07

This fascinating biography looks at the life of Nelson Mandela, placing hisawe-inspiring accomplishments in historical context for a new generationto admire. On a February day in 1994, Mandela visited Robben Island, a desolate rock where he had been held during his twenty-seven years asa prisoner. Days later, he triumphed in an election that rescued SouthAfrica from the climate of oppression that had held sway for so long. ByNew York Times executive editor, Bill Keller, this inspiring biography looksat the events that led Mandela from his tribal homeland to the center of thestruggle for racial equality in South Africa. From early acts of protest tothe leadership of an apartheid-free nation, this is an honest portrayal of amodern political and social icon.